One might be forgiven for finding the title Composing America a tad ambitious; it begs a number of questions, not the least of which is...continue...
Recording information: Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center, SUNY Purcha....continue...

To celebrate their 100th anniversary, the Pro Arte Quartet commissioned works from four distinguished American composers (Walter Mays, Paul Schoenfield, William Bolcom and John Harbison),...continue...
Recording information: Mills Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2011-12-21_2011-12-22&2012-)....continue...

The works featured on this recording are not united by a single topic or style. What they share is that they are extraordinary, yet seldom...continue...
Recording information: Main Stage of the Gertrude Castellow Ford Center for th (08/2006/10/2006)....continue...

The long history of the University of Michigan Symphony Band began in 1927. Since 1951 the ensemble has been among the leaders of the modern...continue...
Recording information: Hill Auditorium on the University of Michigan campus....continue...

"I am thrilled with The Hours Begin to Sing to introduce four more premiere recordings, three of which were written specifically for this disc. And...continue...
Recording information: Skywalker Sound, San Rafael, California, USA (2011-2012)....continue...

American Record Guide, July/August 2013Harding has assembled a good and varied collection of familiar and unfamiliar American piano works from the early 20th century, performed...continue...
Recording information: Stamps Auditorium, University of Michigan School of Mus (03/2009)....continue...

American Record Guide, March / April 2013If you'd like a collection of good songs from these years and these composers, this is a fine sampler....continue...
Recording information: LSU Recital Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rou (08/16/2010-08/17/2010)....continue...

The pair of monumental song cycles for tenor and chamber ensemble that comprise the new CD Open House in many ways represent a culmination of...continue...
Paul Sperry's 2012 release on Innova consists of two important performances separated by almost 23 years: William Bolcom's Open House, A Song Cycle to Seven Poems of Theodore Roethke, was recorded wit...continue...

William Bolcom, named '2007 Composer of the Year' by Musical America, has written in many genres. His Gospel Preludes, based on hymns, are amongst his...continue...
Recording information: Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, Ill (10/20/2010)....continue...

This 2-CD set of music for wind ensemble by contemporary American composers also includes lengthy interviews with each composer....continue...
Recording information: Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI....continue...

Acclaimed saxophonist Christopher Creviston offers arrangements, piano reductions and a world premiere recording for his second recording on Albany Records. The arranger of the popular...continue...
Recording information: School of Music Recital Hall, University of South Carol (06/01/2011-06/02/2011)....continue...

The final album in Bruce Levingston's three-part series, Still Sound contains intimate works featuring world premiere recordings of Pulitzer Prize-winner William Bolcom's "New York Lights"...continue...

A superlative program of piano music by American composers is offered by pianist Heidi Williams. The oldest work on the program dates from 1988 (William...continue...
Recording information: Opperman Music Hall, The Florida State University (2009-05-16_2009-05-19&2009-)....continue...

Tim Fain has constructed an adventurous and exciting recital of American violin music. It takes in the concert version of Philip Glass's Einstein on the...continue...
Recording information: SUNY Purchase, New York, USA (08/27/2009-08/29/2009)....continue...

A Lesson in Love tells the universal story of a love won and lost, containing beautiful and emotional German lieder and French melodies, as well...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk (2010-04-18_2010-04-19&2010-)....continue...

Works: Samuel Barber: Excursions (4) for Piano, Op. 20; Amy Rubin: American Progressions, for piano; Martin Scherzinger: When One Has the Feet of Wind, for piano; John Adams: China Gates, for piano; William...
Performers:
Swigger, Jocelyn

This is a CD of articulate, intelligent playing, rendered by one of the exceptional pianists of our age. Swigger is a deeply musical interpreter who...continue...
Recording information: Majestic Theatre, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (08/2009)....continue...

American choral music has many faces and, while aware of tradition, often looks resolutely towards the future. Vincent Persichetti's Mass envelops an original cantus firmus...continue...
Recording information: University Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas (05/21/2007-05/22/2007)....continue...

Stellar performances of works by distinguished composers for wind symphony make this an important release. Especially noteworthy is William Bolcom's First Symphony for Band....continue...
Recording information: Harriet and Goff Smith Recording Studio, Hill Auditoriu....continue...

Maureen Hurd offers world premiere recordings of works for clarinet. She earned a DMA from the Yale School of Music and teaches clarinet at the...continue...
Recording information: Nicholas Music Center, Mason Gross School of the Arts, (2009-06-01_2009-06-02&2009-)....continue...

This release contains the premiere recording of two works by the Grammy/Pulitzer prize-winning composer, William Bolcom, plus 'Commedia' his most frequently played composition, brilliantly performed...continue...